DOROTA SOBIESKA: IN REVIEWS

"At the heart of the performance was Sobieska herself, a soprano with a voice of utmost delicacy and beauty who has mastered Bellini style. She was in superb form Saturday as Giulietta, sustaining lines exquisitely and traversing the florid demands with remarkable elegance. What's more, Sobieska revealed the passions that motivate the girl to bestow all of her love on a family enemy."

Donald Rosenberg on I Capuleti e i Montecchi, The Plain Dealer

"She possesses a graceful coloratura soprano that negotiated Linda's music with technical aplomb and winsome personality."

Donald Rosenberg on Linda di Chamounix, The Plain Dealer

"As the Countess, Sobieska revealed firm Mozart credentials in a glowing account of 'Dove sono'."

Donald Rosenberg on Le nozze di Figaro, The Plain Dealer

"Dorota Sobieska was exceptional as Elvira, the opera's busiest and most challenging role. She has a lovely light soprano voice. Her seemingly effortless ability to execute the highest and most difficult bel canto passages was matched by a tasteful and sensitive musical interpretation."

Robert Rollin on I Puritani, The Vindicator

"Sobieska's light lyric soprano is so ravishing, her phrasing so fine and her coloratura so right that the character's psychological challenges come beautifully across."

Donald Rosenberg on Norma, The Plain Dealer

"Sobieska had a triumph in Princess Sais' twisting Act II aria."

Donald Rosenberg on Thamos, The Plain Dealer

"Imogene [is] one of those killing soprano parts that requires force, delicacy and agility in equal measure. Dorota Sobieska filled the lyric passages with glowing tenderness and manages the florid lines deftly... the beauty of her singing and the honesty of her portrayal made the character a deeply affecting figure."

Donald Rosenberg on Il pirata, The Plain Dealer

"The first half concluded with an opera whiff of grand proportions when… Dorota Sobieska appeared on stage, gliding in, unearthly, as tells an authentic diva apart, amazing the audience with her aria from Bellini’s Norma."

Michal Osiecimski on Carnegie Hall: Zankel Hall Concert, Kurier Plus

"I compliment you on your performance. Your singing was quite lovely, with good phrasing and legato. In addition you were quite poised on stage."

Daniel Ferro on Carnegie Hall: Zankel Hall Concert (Bellini, Donizetti, Szymanowski) Message

"Sobieska, a beautiful singer with the vocal technique to meet the substantial challenge of the title role... produced glorious tones and performed coloratura passages with extraordinary skill."

Wilma Salisbury on La sonnambula, The Plain Dealer

"Sobieska plays a stellar Konstanze. The demanding nature of this role cannot be underestimated. Sobieska conveys a variety of emotions quite movingly: profound melancholy and staunch resolution in the face of danger—not to mention the joy of traditional happy ending. Her soprano voice flitters with apparent ease through the many difficult passages, coloring each phrase delightfully."

Zachary Lewis on The Abduction from the Seraglio, Sun Post

"Sobieska, a tall and slender Polish beauty, sang the abducted heroine Konstanze in a heady soprano that was securely focused in the upper register... she created a convincing and sympathetic character who was willing to die for love."

Wilma Salisbury on The Abduction from the Seraglio, The Plain Dealer

"Among the production's striking aspects was Sobieska... who sang the roles of the Sandman and Dew Fairy and danced as one of the guardian angels. Sobieska's soprano sounded lovely and free in her short duties, and she seemed eminently comfortable in Kathryn E. Mihelick's ethereal choreography."

Donald Rosenberg on Hansel & Gretel, The Plain Dealer

"...our local Bellinienne Dorota Sobieska, who, in my opinion, has a feel for this composer's style that deserves a wider hearing. Her Elvira and Giulietta were deeply moving and as valid as anything I've heard from the more famous practitioners."

Steve Charitan previewing La straniera, OPERA-L